Rocco Castoro (born 1982) is an American editor and writer. He graduated from the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Journalism.
After serving as an Associate Editor at ''Satellite Magazine'', he joined
VICE Magazine
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, ...
in 2006 as an editorial intern and was appointed editor-in-chief in March 2011, and left ''Vice'' in 2015.
In October 2018, Castoro joined Collider as Creative Director of Collider Studios.
SCNR
In 2020, Castoro became editor in chief of SCNR, an online channel partly funded by commentator
Tim Pool
Timothy Daniel Pool (born March 9, 1986) is an American YouTuber, political commentator and podcast host who first became known for live streaming the 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests. He joined Vice Media and Fusion TV in 2014, later workin ...
. SCNR later collapsed following the
2021 United States Capitol attack
On January 6, 2021, following the defeat of then-U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The mob was seeking to keep Trump in pow ...
.
References
External links
Articles by Castoroat VICE.com
SCNR official site
American editors
Living people
1982 births
University of Florida alumni
Vice Media
American male journalists
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